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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Laos	North Macedonia
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,286	2,006
Dec 31, 2000	281	5,397	2,017
Dec 31, 2001	285	5,499	2,026
Dec 31, 2002	288	5,578	2,011
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,654	2,018
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,746	2,024
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,836	2,028
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,931	2,031
Dec 31, 2007	311	6,035	2,035
Dec 31, 2008	319	6,145	2,038
Dec 31, 2009	319	6,257	2,042
Dec 31, 2010	318	6,368	2,046
Dec 31, 2011	319	6,477	2,049
Dec 31, 2012	321	6,586	2,052
Dec 31, 2013	324	6,695	2,055
Dec 31, 2014	327	6,804	2,058
Dec 31, 2015	331	6,912	2,061
Dec 31, 2016	335	7,019	2,063
Dec 31, 2017	343	7,127	2,065
Dec 31, 2018	353	7,234	2,067
Dec 31, 2019	361	7,343	2,068
Dec 31, 2020	366	7,452	2,065
Dec 31, 2021	372	7,560	2,057
Dec 31, 2022	380	7,666	2,048

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.